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10 of the Best Holiday-Inspired Audition\u00a0Monologues<\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by\u00a0Meghan Mitchell<\/p>\n<\/font>

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It\u2019s that time of year again! Auditioning for holiday work has a unique advantage and disadvantage\u2014much like Shakespeare, there is only so much stuff in the Christmas cannon when looking for audition material that will \u2018wow\u2019 your perspective directors. Below is a list of options to fill out your audition\u00a0needs for this coming holiday season.<\/p>\n

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A monologue from\u00a0Christmas Superpowers and Believing in Blitzen\u00a0<\/em>by Tara Meddaugh<\/h4>\n
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Dylan has changed his behavior exponentially since last year, and he\u2019s ready to tell Santa about it. Sitting on Santa\u2019s lap at the mall, he knows exactly what he wants and how to get it.<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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A monologue from\u00a0The Eight: Reindeer Monologues<\/em>\u00a0by Jeff Goode<\/h4>\n
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Cupid is the extraordinarily flamboyant reindeer of Santa\u2019s eight. Brought to his current neurosis by a series of harassment by both Mr. and Mrs. Claus, we find out just how twisted life at the North Pole can be. (Marked for explicit material.)<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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A monologue from\u00a07 Santas<\/em>\u00a0by Jeff Goode<\/h4>\n
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We finally get a monologue from Mrs. Claus\u2019 point of view. She describes here about the first time she had alcohol, on her and Mr. Claus\u2019 wedding night. Here, he is depicted as strange, domineering, and manipulative.<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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A monologue from\u00a0Secret Santa<\/em>\u00a0by Tara Meddaugh<\/h4>\n
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Dan is at work, and has just participated in the office \u201cSecret Santa\u201d exchange where participants were instructed to make a gift for their Secret Santa.\u00a0 He has just given Penny (his secret santa) his gift and she is not impressed. At first Dan blames Penny for having unrealistic expectations about his ability to make a good gift himself.\u00a0 Feeling guilty about lashing out at poor Penny, he then explains how difficult things have been since his wife left him after Halloween. This is a standalone piece.<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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A monologue from\u00a0A Merry Jewish Christmas\u00a0<\/em>by Joshua Levine<\/h4>\n
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David Bernstein has finally decided to introduce his family to his long-time boyfriend during their annual tradition of celebrating Chanukah on Christmas Eve. But the family doesn’t know that his boyfriend isn’t Jewish. Or that David is even gay. Or that they have a Christmas tree hiding in the bedroom. And to make matters worse, the Chinese place is out of egg rolls. A MERRY JEWISH CHRISTMAS is an alternative holiday comedy about how complicated families can be and how absolutely necessary they are.<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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A monologue from\u00a0Hello, Goodbye, Peace<\/em> by\u00a0Gabriel Davis<\/h4>\n
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Alina, a barista at a Manhattan coffee shop, has dreams of climbing the economic ladder to change the world.\u00a0In this monologues she\u00a0speaks to her boyfriend about his mother at Thanksgiving dinner and how annoyed she is by her. Robert, a former engineer\/inventor turned stock broker, gave up on a dream of launching a business around his lifelike robotic puppies for allergic children. From their first “hello” at the coffee shop, sparks fly and not before long they’re fully engaged in a relationship that challenges both of their dreams and identities. Will they find peace together or say goodbye?<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Holiday of Errors by Frank Lawler & Daniel Flint<\/em><\/h4>\n
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This monologue begins the play. Will sits writing at his desk with Richard Burbage in the room, also writing. Both men are freezing\u2014this scene is akin to the beginning of A Christmas Carol. Will is attempting to write, and in his completive nature, orates about his recent failures in theatre. Richard the Third was quite successful, but now, all the patrons are gone, there is so little food, he does not know if he will be able to survive in this profession.<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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A monologue from Carol’s Christmas Catastrophe <\/em>by Tony Jerris, Bruce Durbin<\/h4>\n
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In this scene, Carol is trying desperately to find literally anyone to play Santa Claus in her Christmas pageant. So desperate, in fact, that she\u2019s now asking the audience directly and bribing them with money to fill the part. The Pinecone Players\u2019 annual Christmas pageant, directed by former beauty queen Carol Claus, is threatened when the entire cast, fed up with Carol\u2019s \u201chack directing,\u201d quits an hour before show time. Carol realizes she\u2019ll have to do the whole show herself. Too bad she only knows her own number. In a frantic act of desperation, Carol decides to audition whomever she can find to replace her cast and get the show up in time. In 60 chaotic minutes, meet the strangely wonderful people who show up at the brink of impending disaster to save Carol from ruin. Add to the mix a little Christmas music, a biker Grandma, a disgruntled Fire Marshal, and a mysterious gentleman who has Carol reflect on her (not so merry) future, and you\u2019ve got a comedy of errors that is nuttier than a fruitcake! Carol reflect on her (not so merry) future, and you\u2019ve got a comedy of errors that is nuttier than a fruitcake!<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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A monologue from\u00a0Hello, Goodbye, Peace <\/em>by Gabriel Davis<\/h4>\n
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Alina imagines what her and Robert’s New Years Eve will be like.\u00a0Alina, a barista at a Manhattan coffee shop, has dreams of climbing the economic ladder to change the world. Robert, a former engineer\/inventor turned stock broker, gave up on a dream of launching a business around his lifelike robotic puppies for allergic children. From their first “hello” at the coffee shop, sparks fly and not before long they’re fully engaged in a relationship that challenges both of their dreams and identities. Will they find peace together or say goodbye?<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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A monologue from The Best Secret Santa Present In The History of Peckinpaw High School<\/em>\u00a0– Patrick<\/h4>\n
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This monologue comes at the start of the show as Patrick holds the slip revealing that the person he\u2019s a Secret Santa to is his lifetime crush, Chrissy Summerfit. He elaborates to the audience the near-divine timing of the drawing compared to the Holiday Dance where he dreams of asking Chrissy. He hilariously describes the epic proportions of his gift as it relates to the small school price limit. This monologue is a cheerful, love-struck look into the teenage mind that rings true to audience members of all ages.<\/p>\n

Get the\u00a0Monologue\u00a0Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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